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Post by Thalron on Jan 15, 2006 7:43:01 GMT -5
Angelus searched around but didn't manage to find mozer until he had one of his legs jerked out from under him, he lost his balance for a second but luckily had three more legs to keep himself from falling, and spun around in the water to see where the eel like Gryvern had gone to now... Crouching down and plunging underwater as he charged towards where he believed the other was. blowing bubbles out his nose as he approached.
He did seem to just be enjoying himself, it was very strange to see such a scarred and dark creature playing around in the water just as you'd expect another, Regular person to do it was reassuring but you always knew once he stopped he would probably look like some sort of monster again...
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Post by sera on Jan 15, 2006 7:56:46 GMT -5
Mozer could feel the rush of water as Angelus followed him, but it didn't matter, he had to get air. He broke the surface of the water like a dolphin, blowing out swiftly and breathing in before submerging again. He hopped along the surface of the water a few more times until he had replaced all of the air in his lungs. He dropped below the water line again, circling around the other way and shooting upwards next to Angelus to splash the tsume again.
Astafy reclined carefully beside the book, feeling calmer. She watched the proceedings quietly.
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Post by Thalron on Jan 15, 2006 8:17:38 GMT -5
Angelus simply put his arms out the side as he moved forwards, until he felt the other. Immediatly pulling him in and engaging him in a rather tight bear hug, dragging them both under water in a kind of rolling/somersault motion. Geeze, these things were skinny no wonder he had a hard time holding onto him! did they have a food shortage back at their home world? or was this just natural... It occured to him a moment too late that maybe he shouldn't be thinking of this mid roll underwater, as he misjudged the depth of the stream and ended up smashing the both of them into the muddy bottom a bit....
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Jaradka was carrying the kill, she insisted that Casimir didn't need to help with it because, well she didn't need help doing that and then it would just waste his effort. "Jaradka knows friend prey, prey, near river." she said with a smile nodding in the direction that they were in, She only used mind speech with Angelus because it never seemed to work with anyone else, they didn't understand it... or would get nose bleeds and head aches.
She had just slung the slain creature over her back for transport, she didn't even have to hold it on because of the spikes and her wings holding it in place, so she was able to walk pretty much as fast as normal, and luckily for Astafy, not nearly as sneakily.
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Post by sera on Jan 15, 2006 8:32:31 GMT -5
Mozer wiggled some more, managing to -not- get his head knocked this time. He was glad the bottom was muddier than it was rocky, but he thought he likely had a giant bruise along his spine. He rolled too, pushing upwards to get another gasp of air. It took a moment as he ended up pulling Angelus up with him, too. "Whew! You alright?" he gasped slightly, shaking his head to slosh water from his eyes.
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Casimir kept up easily, despite the tsume's longer strides. "How do you know where they are?" he asked quietly, glancing up at Jaradka curiously.
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Post by Thalron on Jan 15, 2006 8:50:11 GMT -5
Angelus lifted his head up out of the water and just sort of stood there for a moment, it was covered in mud and looked pretty silly... especially considering what he normally looked like, However he didn't keep the mud decoration on for very long... Instead he violently shook his head and sent mud flying in every direction, it wouldn't be too surprising if some managed to land near astafy... After he dunked himself and rubbed the fur on his head to get rid of it "Mmph fine." he said as he began shaking the water from his ears now...
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Jaradka looked over at him with a kind of puzzled look before realizing that he wasn't actually in her brain or something and thus, could not read her mind to tell that she occasionally sent bursts of jumbled information to angelus, Receiving much clearer ones in return.... "Hunter Angelus mind talk. Jaradka mind listen. Hunter Angelus with prey, prey." she said with a nod, hoping that it made sense to her casimir prey <3.
She was still prone to random shows of affection to him, as if she would forget about it for a moment then feel like she had to make up for it or something... But it was still genuine, even if they had just met earlier in the day she did really like him. and had he accepted her as a permanent mate, probably would have been just as happy since well... Thinking about the future that was more than a couple days away seemed rather pointless to her, it was better to focus on what was real and work from there. In her mind she could not really imagine him finding another mate so pretty much assumed this would be permanent, atleast until one of them died.
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Post by sera on Jan 15, 2006 10:28:47 GMT -5
Mozer followed suit with the quick rinsing, then stretched luxuriously within the water until he encounted a minor, but briefly sharp, pain. Apparently one of those rocks had actually cut him. This, too, amused the gryvern and he made certain to rinse the small gash before leaping into the air, causing another small rush of water at Angelus, then flew to the shore, safely back on the grass and a goodly distance from Astafy. From there he quickly shook, slinging water from his hide and short fur. He moved over to his longtime friend then.
"Are you alright?" he asked her in a low tone. Astafy sent him a small, vague smile. "Yes, I'm fine," she murmured. "Just trying to understand the tsume. I don't think I'm having much luck."
Mozer grinned slightly. "I wouldn't strain myself, if I were you. I doubt the tsume we've been meeting much understand themselves." His eyes drifted to Angelus. "Or understand themselves a bit too well."
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"Mindspeech?" Casimir attempted to clarify. "Like the Naavainemar?" Then came another thought. "Hunter Angelus, that's the one you spoke of before." He hoped that Astafy hadn't been frightened again, but for her antics earlier, he wouldn't have scolded Jaradka. Not that he was very good at scolding anyone. Ah, well. Purple eyes scanned the woods perfunctorily and he thought he was beginning to recognize where they were.
He wasn't comfortable returning the nuzzles and licks, but he accepted them with an easy grace and definitely enjoyed them on a level he didn't show the world.
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Post by Thalron on Jan 15, 2006 17:00:13 GMT -5
Angelus rinsed himself off a bit more before climbing out of the water and shaking off his whole body, rather than just his head... It appeared he was rather good at being extremely messy when cleaning or drying himself off. He didn't want to intrude on their conversation (even if he could hear it from where he was) so he started straightening out his feathers that had gotten jumbled up and such from when they were wrestling in the water.
He obviously did not do it that often, since he wasn't very good at it and couldn't reach all of them very well.
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Jaradka nodded, she didn't really know what the Naavainemar prey were but she had heard they did something like that. "Hunter Angelus friend, Hunter Angelus understand Jaradka mind talk." she said sounding like that was a kind of unusual occurence, She shifted her weight again and looked ahead, distinct shapes were beginning to appear up ahead... And of course Angelus stood out extremely well against the greens of the orchard with his towering black figure.
She was pretty much just as happy to lick or nuzzle him than she would be to have him return the gestures, Jaradka was very happy that he did not cringe away or anything when she deemed to reinforce the fact that she loved him. <3
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Post by sera on Jan 15, 2006 23:50:28 GMT -5
Astafy inclined her head slightly in agreement, nevertheless still more at ease then she had been. Mozer continued to watch Angelus curiously, but he had no experience with feathers, so he stayed out of the way for now, trying to figure out exactly wot the tsume was doing to them. "Should you let them air dry?" he called out with a laugh.
Astafy tilted her head watching Angelus curiously. She also hadn't spent much time with anyone with wings, much less feathers, so she didn't even have a suggestion. Ah, well, Angelus surely knew better wot to do than she did.
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Casimir caught the distinction and glanced up at her again curiously. It had been simple to understand when the Elder Naa had spoken to them. Maybe tsume mindspeech worked differently. He was glad to see the forms of their friends and that they had food. He was beginning to get hungry himself.
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Post by Thalron on Jan 16, 2006 1:40:09 GMT -5
Angelus didn't really notice that they were staring at him as he preen the feathers on his wings... Which made him wonder if any of their kind had feathered wings or if they all did that weird snake like flying. He chuckled at Mozers suggestion and shrugged, flapping them afew times to rid them of some of the extra water before walking a little bit farther away from the water. "Either of you care to help?" he asked before presenting one of the wings towards them incase they wished to help... He really wasn't very good at it himself, and usually relied on Vendsha or other friends to make it look good...
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Jaradka sped up slightly when she saw the group, making a steady Thomp noise as each foot fell. Alittle bit louder because of the extra weight of the kill she was carrying. It wouldn't take them very long to reach the group because of their rather quick pace... Jaradka had very little to say and thus did not speak... She hoped that Hunter Angelus had eaten already, otherwise this kill would probably not feed all of them since he could eat... Alot.
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Post by sera on Jan 16, 2006 2:48:32 GMT -5
Mozer moved over to help, though he wasn't entirely certain how he could help. He observed Angelus for a few minutes more before attempting to. slowly and carefully, aid the tsume in preening. He was studiously working, though one ear flicked at the oncoming approach of Jaradka. He didn't want to accidentally damage any of the feathers; uncertain which could take damage without impairing the tsume's ability to fly. Therefore he wanted to avoid damaging any of them.
Astafy turned her head at the sound of approaching steps and the scent of raw meat. So the pair had gone hunting. Well, that explained why it had taken so long for them to return.
Casimir stayed in line with Jaradka, greeting Astafy with a slight bob of his head. His attention strayed to his friend, taking in the large black tsume with a swift sweep of his eyes. From the lack of other forms in the area, this must be Hunter Angelus. The tsume was scarred and, well, dangerous looking, even with his large wings spread and being dried and neatened. Astafy appeared fine, however, and Mozer was calm, so all was likely well. He couldn't help but wonder if Angelus was as unstable as Jaradka occasionally appeared, and if Astafy would end up pulled into an undesired liason. That thought was rather amusing.
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Post by Thalron on Jan 16, 2006 6:41:24 GMT -5
Angelus grinned asthe other actually chose to help him with his wings, there were some parts he could not do himself, not neccesarily because he couldn't reach them but because that he couldn't really see the base of his own back too well while attempting a relatively delicate task. "Thanks for your help, it looks like our friends have brought back food so if you are hungry I can continue on my own." he said while looking over his shoulder at mozer.
Angelus's fur was very coarse and seemed alot like what you might expect to find on a deer... Were it not for it's pitch black cover and harder skin underneath. His feathers were likewise a bit harder than most and well, different. He also appeared to have a red, and barbed row of feathers from the back of his head down to his collar... Which occasionally moved, like the hackles on a dog.
Jaradka hopped forward happily, obviously showing off that she had gotten a kill and that they didn't help with it. However, being the considerate, subtle and pleasant tsume that she was, Jaradka slid to a stop, kicked her hind legs up and dropped the carcass merely feet infront of Astafy, as some sort of peace offering... "Hunter Jaradka and Casimir prey hunt large prey, Share with Prey, prey." she said with her eyes focusing solely on Astafy, awaiting some sort of response.
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Post by sera on Jan 16, 2006 7:02:41 GMT -5
"In a minute," Mozer was currently absorbed in wot he was working on, and would likely continue until Angelus was done as well. "How do you usually do this? It seems like a lot of work."
Astafy blinked, head jerking slightly to avoid the small spray of blood, though there really wasn't much left to drain from the corpse. "Oh," the Light gryvern said to Jaradka's pointed, pointed look. "Uhm, thank you." It almost came out as more of a question than a statement. Purple curved ears went flat and the female was obviously unnerved by the larger tsume.
Casimir watched the interaction with a vague air of amusement. At least the gryvern seemed less likely to just fly off the handle at Jaradka; in fact, she appeared to be trying not to ovetreact.
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Post by Thalron on Jan 16, 2006 7:22:01 GMT -5
Angelus grinned, it was alot of work he guessed but normally he had someone that was overly pleased to do it for him. "I usually just leave them the way they are unless I have help... Although my mate is rather inistent that I take care of myself more, so I have just recently been learning how to do it more efficiently." he said before his wing twitched slightly and a feather came lose that mozer had attempted to fix... Not so surprisingly angelus seemed slightly pleased about that happening because, well... It hurt. Luckily most of the important feathers would require active attempts at destruction to be removed so mozer was pretty safe from causing very much damage. (Although he appeared to be just as good at it as angelus <.<; )
Jaradka watched for a moment, almost confused... The obnoxious one hadn't done something weird or jumped or hid or anything but instead did what Jaradka believed made sense... And she spoke to jaradka! "Astafy pr-." she stopped and looked at astafy, Astafy was prey but did not like it to be pointed out? That was right wasn't it. Jaradka knew she was prey and Astafy knew she was prey, and Jaradka wanted to be a good friend, not a bad friend.... "Astafy... Is welcome." That took much more will power than most people would have thought for her to avoid saying just a simple word.
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Post by sera on Jan 16, 2006 7:49:36 GMT -5
Mozer winced, muttering a small apology as the feather fluttered away, nevertheless, he kept on working. It was an interesting experience, trying to clean and arrange feathers. "You're mate?" he asked politely. "Wot type is she?"
Astafy blinked up at the strange tsume and gave a faint, bemused smile, inclining her head again carefully. Wot peculiar creatures these tsume were! And she was surprised that Jaradka was making an effort to not call her prey. It touched her and still creeped her out. Ah, the complexities of life.
Casimir had a brief sweep of pride at Jaradka's cleverness, surprised that he was so fond of her already. "Wot happened while we were gone?" he asked the Light quietly, glancing over to see Mozer and Angelus still hard at work.
"Well, we heard some stories, then had a water fight," Astafy replied with the faintest hint of a grin. Casimir was relieved that she was beginning to act more like herself, shallow though she might be.
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Post by Thalron on Jan 16, 2006 8:15:24 GMT -5
Angelus mainly fixed his feathers using his clawed hands, but when he would have trouble with any specific spot would quickly straighten it out with his teeth, apparently having a much more delicate touch with his pearly fangs. "Vendsha is an Etherial type," he paused as he had to work out a rather difficult patch of feathers. "Etherial tsumes are only partially in this world, and when enough force is applied to injure them, or if they simply wish to, they phaze out and can move through solid matter, and creatures." he explained easily, knowing that if he hadn't it probably would have been asked anyways.
His wings were pretty much done now, it went alot faster than it seemed it would at first, probably because Angelus actually seemed to remember how to do it about half way through...
Jaradka returned the smile, perhaps with a bit much enthusiasm since it appeared more sinister than pleased... But atleast the thought was there... Sort of. she began to walk over to see what Hunter angelus and Mozer prey were doing, but upon the mention of stories turned back, Angelus had told her stories before... They were too complicated most of the time but sometimes he told her good stories. Her mind sort of hit a speed bump at 'water fight' since she knew it was impossible to fight water. It always won some way or another, thwarting even the most well executed (not thought out) plan. "Jaradka want to hear who win fight with water?" she asked seeming somewhat intrigued.
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